HC Deb 02 December 1902 vol 115 cc912-3
MAJOR SEELY () Isle of Wight

To ask the President of the Board of Trade whether he can now state what progress has been made in the direction of connecting certain lighthouses and lightships with the shore by means of wireless telegraphy for life-saving purposes.

(Answered by Mr. Gerald Balfour.) I have been anxious to make some such arrangement as that indicated in my hon. friend's Question, and I entered into negotiations for the purpose. The whole subject is, however, surrounded with difficulties, and it is impossible at the moment to perfact a scheme.